Bandy at the 1952 Winter Olympics facts for kids
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |  Norway |
| Dates | 20–23 February |
| Teams | 3 |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |
 Sweden (1st title) |
Runner-up  |
 Norway |
Third place  |
 Finland |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 3 |
| Goals scored | 12 (4 per match) |
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Bandy was held as a demonstration sport at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.
Sweden, Norway and Finland participated with their best players and won one match each. Sweden won the tournament thanks to the best goal difference, with Norway second and Finland third.
The three participating countries regularly played friendlies, but this was the first official international bandy tournament since 1913. The Olympic bandy games were noticed by the sports leaders from the Soviet Union, who invited the three Nordic countries to a friendly four nation bandy tournament in 1954. The first Bandy World Championship were not held until five years later, in 1957.
Medalists
| Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
 Sweden
Yngve Palmqvist Orvar Bergmark Herbert Swartswee Karl-Erik Sjöberg Olle Lindgren Sven-Olof Landar Inge Cahlman Martin Johansson Olle Sääv Sven-Eric Broberg Ernst Hård Agard Magnusson Tore Olsson Henry Olsson |
Norway
Bosse Halla Leif Eriksen David Eriksen Arne Bakker Tore Frisholm Rolf Person Arne Johansen Einar Andersen Martin Olsen Harald Cato Helgerud Gunnar Fossum Ole Marthinsen |
 Finland
Herbert Lundström Juhani Halme Yrjö Jussila Arvo Raitavuo Per-Erik Lindqvist Martti Nyyssönen Olof Stolpe Kauko Tukiainen Erik Åberg Heikki Ollikainen Sakari Salo Pentti Immonen Pentti Hämäläinen |
Results
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Sweden |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 2 |
| Norway |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Finland |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 |
| 20 February 1952 14:00 |
Finland |
3–2 | Norway |
Dælenenga idrettspark, Oslo Referee: O. Gyhlén (Sweden) |
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| 21 February 1952 14:00 |
Norway |
2–1 | Sweden |
Dælenenga idrettspark, Oslo Referee: Johan Alho (Finland) |
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| 23 February 1952 14:00 |
Sweden |
4–0 | Finland |
Bislett Stadium, Oslo Referee: Thv. Lindstad (Norway) |
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Final rankings
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Sweden |
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Norway |
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Finland |
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